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After losing the 1934 AAU to Bill Bonthron of Princeton, Glenn Cunningham took the title for the next four years (1935-1938). In 1934 he set a world mile record of 4:06.7 and two weeks after finishing second in the 1936 Olympic 1,500 m he set a world record of 1:49.7 for 800 m in Stockholm.
Glenn Cunningham (1909-1988), the "Kansas Ironman," was the world-record-holder in the mile race from 1934 until 1937. He was a member of the 1932 and 1936 U.S. Olympic teams. Glenn Cunningham was born in Atlanta, Kansas on August 4, 1909.
In this captivating video, we bring you the inspiring story of Glenn Cunningham, one of the greatest American middle-distance runners of all time. Despite a ...
A KU graduate with one last chance to defend his NCAA title, Cunningham found himself in Princeton, New Jersey running against two of his biggest rivals, Princeton’s Bill Bonthron and the University of Pennsylvania’s Gene Venske.
Years before becoming the world’s greatest miler and two-time U.S. Olympian, Glenn Cunningham nearly died in a schoolhouse fire that claimed his brother’s life and left his legs so badly burned, his doctor wanted to amputate them. It was feared the seven-year-old boy would never walk again.
Glenn Cunningham is a two-time Olympian at 1500 meters, finishing 4th in Los Angeles 1932 and winning the silver medal in Berlin 1936 with a time of 3:48.4. In 1934, Cunningham, a childhood severe burn victim, set the world record for the Mile in 4:06.8, which stood for three years.
Cunningham won the NCAA 1,500 m in 1932 and then finished third in the AAU before taking fourth place at the Olympics. In 1933 he won the NCAA mile and the AAU 1,500 m. After losing the 1934 AAU to Bill Bonthron of Princeton, Glenn Cunningham took the title for the next four years (1935-1938).
